diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/traits/backend.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/traits/backend.rs
index ac8123bc1be91..35744d9a167f1 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/traits/backend.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/traits/backend.rs
@@ -104,11 +104,7 @@ pub trait CodegenBackend {
         outputs: &OutputFilenames,
     ) -> Result<(CodegenResults, FxIndexMap<WorkProductId, WorkProduct>), ErrorGuaranteed>;
 
-    /// This is called on the returned `Box<dyn Any>` from `join_codegen`
-    ///
-    /// # Panics
-    ///
-    /// Panics when the passed `Box<dyn Any>` was not returned by `join_codegen`.
+    /// This is called on the returned `CodegenResults` from `join_codegen`
     fn link(
         &self,
         sess: &Session,